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Originally posted by Savvy27+Aug 31 2005, 02:24 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Savvy27 @ Aug 31 2005, 02:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-peter12@Aug 31 2005, 07:58 PM
Whoa. Pretty sure you are going to have to provide a link to some academic journals to prove that little tidbit.
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Look it up yourself... I really don't care if you want to believe the bible word for word. I do find it strange that you would assume that nobody would alter anything in the most powerful book ever written if given the chance. In fact I was actually trying to help you out by saying that intelligent christians use a contextual interpretation of the bible.
Here's another "tidbit" which I think you could use to explain why God has been so scarce. The universe is still growing, so it could be entirely possible that He has simply been busy finishing off the project
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As for religion evolving, since the institution of Christianity has been purporting that it is infallible there should really be no need for it to evolve. So you've got to ask yourself why it has been evolving... personally I feel that the reason is that because they want to increase their donation base they can let a few things slide... but if there is another answer that is believable to you then go for it. [/b][/quote]
I have argued in this thread already for a contextual based belief. I just thought with an accusation like that you might want to back it up.
The presence of God... I believe that is God is so undescribable in human terms that it would be impossible to sense his presence in any sort of physical terms. In spiritual terms... well we all have our own story.